All Local government articles – Page 63
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Government invites councils to pilot health and wellbeing boards
The Department of Health has written to local authority leaders inviting them to become pilots for health and wellbeing boards.
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SNP makes NHS record central to election campaign
The Scottish National Party highlighted improvements in the NHS and promised to protect health budgets in messages to supporters as the party launched its election campaign today.
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The commissioner's essential guide to the Health Bill
The new NHS Commissioning Board is likely to have “surprising” and “draconian” powers over commissioning consortia under Health Bill proposals, analysis suggests.
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DH 'telling councils to cut public involvement budget in half'
The Department of Health is expecting the budget of public involvement bodies to be nearly halved next year, just as ministers are promising to empower patients, HSJ has learned.
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Health secretary to have extensive powers to 'prescribe' public health functions
The Health and Social Care Bill includes wide and varied powers for the secretary of state to dictate council’s public health activities.
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Public health directors in grip of health secretary
The health secretary will have the final say over the appointment and dismissal of directors of public health.
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Public health agenda more important than NHS, says Lansley
Health secretary Andrew Lansley has criticised the “obsessive” focus on commissioning consortia, ahead of the publication of the health and social care bill later today.
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'Accountability in the NHS is a mess'
Ministers in Whitehall have excessive powers to interfere and meddle in local operational issues, with primary care trusts controlled by strategic health authorities and SHAs by Whitehall.
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PCT grant cuts Dorset shortfall
Dorset county council’s budget shortfall will be cut by £2.8m after an extra government grant was afforded to the county’s primary care trust.
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Minister fires warning shot over cuts to PCT public health posts
Public health minister Anne Milton has told primary care trusts not to cut public health capacity, ahead of their transfer to local authorities as part of the government’s health reforms.
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Planning for healthier places
How will health and council planners work together, asks Mark Smulian
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LINks effectiveness questioned
Figures claiming to show a potential fourfold return on investment in Local Involvement Networks have been described as “back on an envelope” calculations, raising questions about how cost effective new Healthwatch arrangements will be.
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How localism can work for the NHS
What are the advantages, opportunities and risks of the localism the government wants for services and how will ‘citizen leaders’ manage their roles? Phil Kenmore looks at the implications
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Social care directors back statutory wellbeing boards
Social services directors have welcomed the government’s decision that there will be a statutory duty on local authorities to create health and wellbeing boards.
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Service reconfiguration at London trust a step closer
Plans to close a hospital’s emergency and maternity services came a step closer last night after a joint committee of primary care trusts approved the proposals.
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More powers for health ombudsman and local health forums
The health service ombudsman is to get more powers to share information in a bid to prevent another Mid Staffs while local HealthWatch groups will have a direct link to the Care Quality Commission.
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No roles for PCT and SHA staff with new health and wellbeing boards
Former primary care trust and strategic health authority staff should not expect to find jobs with the new health and wellbeing boards, the Department of Health has warned.
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Budget cuts make it 'impossible' to maintain social care standards
Social services directors have said the government’s local authority budget cuts will make it “impossible” to maintain current standards of social care without restricting the number of people who receive care.
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Dorrell's committee warns about impact of 'unprecedented' efficiency target
The Commons health committee has warned real terms cuts to adult social care will almost inevitably translate into unfunded extra demand on the NHS.
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IRP to review ward closure
The Independent Reconfiguration Panel is to review the closure of a single ward at a troubled acute trust.